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GIF FAQ

What are Reaction GIFs? A reaction gif is a short animated picture, usually only a few seconds long, that can be used to convey the entire range of human emotion. Many are short clips from TV shows or movies, of celebrities, cartoons, commercials, or any other video media.

Why is it called a GIF? GIF is actually an acronym, short for "Graphics Interchange Format". It's a type of file format that allows for repeated image frames to be cycled through and then repeated, like a flip book.

How do I pronounce GIF? The creator of the file format insists that it be pronounced "jif", like the peanut butter. That said, a large chunk of the Internet-using population prefer to pronounce it with a hard "G", such as the word "gift", as it is representing the word "graphics". To each his or her own!